Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms

This article examines how the two major newspapers in Spain and Norway between October 2015 and March 2016 covered the refugee crisis in Europe. Based on a quantitative and comparative content analysis of the Spanish newspaper El Paı´s and the Norwegian newspaper VG, the study finds that, in both ne...

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Autores: Santos Silva, Miguel F., Brurås, Svein, Beriain Bañares, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4130
https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fex045
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Palabra clave:News
Migration
Refugees
Emigració i immigració
Refugiats
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spelling Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two NewsroomsSantos Silva, Miguel F.Brurås, SveinBeriain Bañares, AnaNewsMigrationRefugeesEmigració i immigracióRefugiats3This article examines how the two major newspapers in Spain and Norway between October 2015 and March 2016 covered the refugee crisis in Europe. Based on a quantitative and comparative content analysis of the Spanish newspaper El Paı´s and the Norwegian newspaper VG, the study finds that, in both newspapers, more than 50 per cent of the stories on the refugee crisis are about political and administrative issues. Politicians and governmental officials are the dominating sources, while far less space and attention are devoted to the refugees and their stories and opinions. Employing Roger Silverstone’s concept of proper distance as a theoretical anchorage point, the study concludes that the aspiring proximity in the news coverage favours the politicians more than those affected by the politics.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionOxford University PressUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna2018info:eu-repo/semantics/article22 p.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4130https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fex045reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésJournal of Refugee Studies, vol. 31, núm. 4, 2018© Oxford University Press. Tots els drets reservatsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/41302026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
title Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
spellingShingle Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
Santos Silva, Miguel F.
News
Migration
Refugees
Emigració i immigració
Refugiats
3
title_short Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
title_full Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
title_fullStr Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
title_full_unstemmed Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
title_sort Improper Distance: The Refugee Crisis Presented by Two Newsrooms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Santos Silva, Miguel F.
Brurås, Svein
Beriain Bañares, Ana
author Santos Silva, Miguel F.
author_facet Santos Silva, Miguel F.
Brurås, Svein
Beriain Bañares, Ana
author_role author
author2 Brurås, Svein
Beriain Bañares, Ana
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv News
Migration
Refugees
Emigració i immigració
Refugiats
3
topic News
Migration
Refugees
Emigració i immigració
Refugiats
3
description This article examines how the two major newspapers in Spain and Norway between October 2015 and March 2016 covered the refugee crisis in Europe. Based on a quantitative and comparative content analysis of the Spanish newspaper El Paı´s and the Norwegian newspaper VG, the study finds that, in both newspapers, more than 50 per cent of the stories on the refugee crisis are about political and administrative issues. Politicians and governmental officials are the dominating sources, while far less space and attention are devoted to the refugees and their stories and opinions. Employing Roger Silverstone’s concept of proper distance as a theoretical anchorage point, the study concludes that the aspiring proximity in the news coverage favours the politicians more than those affected by the politics.
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